Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bone Trial Piece
- The York Helmet
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The George Fox Incident
- The Cawood Sword
- Fishergate Bar
- King Richard III and York
- The York Observatory
- Dick Turpin
- Statue of Napoleon
- Middleham Jewel
- The Roman Fortress
- Scarborough Bridge
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Barley Hall
- The Hospitium